Gullivers Travels
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Generations of schoolchildren raised on the first Book of "Gulliver¡¯s Travels" have loved it as a delightful visit to a fantasy kingdom full of creatures they can relate to¡ªlittle creatures, like themselves. Few casual readers look deeply enough to recognize the satire just below the surface. ....
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.... in a ruined temple by ninety-one tiny but unbreakable chains. In spite of his predicament, Gulliver is at first impressed by the intelligence and organizational abilities of the Lilliputians.
In this section, Swift introduces us to the essential conflict of Book I: the naive, ordinary, but compassionate "Everyman" at the mercy of an army of people with "small minds". Because they are technologically adept, Gulliver does not yet see how small-minded the Lilliputians are.
In Chapter II, th ....
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Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
